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MARCH 7

CONTROL

MENTAL BALANCE

“These seemingly natural, automatic thoughts… ‘self-talk’…define(s) your beliefs…While you may be powerless over the self-talk that first enters your mind, you are not powerless over what you do in response to it.”

Pain Recovery: How to Find Balance and Reduce Suffering from Chronic Pain

I take the action I need to take in my recovery, and sometimes that means choosing to intervene on negative thoughts. I have control over the continuing thought process that leads to physical, emotional, and spiritual imbalance. Through working the steps with a sponsor, therapist, or counselor, I become aware of the slippery slope of thoughts that eventually leads to actions that increase my pain, be it physical or emotional.

Certain thoughts lead directly to active addiction. I’m not responsible and have no control over the first thought, but I have the power to intervene on that thought and replace it with thoughts of recovery. I’ve learned to take appropriate action and continue to learn positive affirmations to replace negative thinking. When I’m thinking of ways to control situations, people, or my chronic pain, I surrender by stopping the thought-stream and replacing it with recovery-minded thinking.

I have control over how long I think something. I’m not responsible for the first thought, but I’m responsible for what follows. I replace negative thinking with positive affirmations. I have control over that which I choose to affirm in my life today.